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| Wood Lane Garage The code ''B'' was derived from the original code of nearby Shepherd's Bush garage which was ''B'' until the mass re-coding of November 1911 when it became ''S'' as it still is today. | Damon | Sat 03/07/2010, 21:16 |
| Stevenage Garage I believe that the earlier garage at Fishers Green Road still stands. Was open 10/1955 - 04/1959. | Damon | Sat 03/07/2010, 21:13 |
| Bow Road Station Works & Buildings District Office No.4 and also home to cleaning services and vending services. adj. Bow Road Stn.,Wellington Way, E3 4NE By 1985 listed as Works & Buildings and Cleaning Services. | Damon | Sat 03/07/2010, 21:11 |
| Hobson House, Gower Street HQ of Abbey District around 1986/87 then the Central Traffic Division of London Buses around 1987/88 later becoming the registered office of the London Northern company by 1990. 155 Gower Street WC1E 6LB. Note: Edited by Damon, 11/12/13, 19:49. | Damon | Sat 03/07/2010, 21:08 |
| Hobson House, Gower Street Former HQ of London Northern. | Kim Rennie | Sun 27/06/2010, 21:06 |
| Croydon Food Production Centre Ehem ''Progress Way'' actually. Demolished now it seems if Google Earth can be believed. | Kim Rennie | Sun 27/06/2010, 20:57 |
| Bow Road Station Yes it is. To the south of the LU station. | Kim Rennie | Sun 27/06/2010, 20:56 |
| Stevenage Garage The L.T.E. garage was closed and demolished in the late 1980's / early 1990's. Buses are now kept at Arriva Shires garages at Babbage Road (ex Sovereign) and Norton Green Road | snowy13 | Tue 15/06/2010, 17:09 |
| Wood Lane Garage Opened on part of White City depot 19/7/1992 | Ray | Fri 04/06/2010, 21:11 |
| Hatfield Garage The present garage opened in 2003 and the buses operate under the name UNO | snowy13 | Wed 02/06/2010, 13:56 |
| Edgware Garage The ''third'' Edgware garage opened in October 1984 and the ''second'' garage was where the shopping centre car park is now. | snowy13 | Wed 02/06/2010, 13:40 |
| Lillie Bridge Depot For a photo of the yard at Lillie Bridge in 1969 (before Ashfield House blocked the view), take a look at http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p36927724.html. Quite a few SVs are visible, including a Land Rover and a pannier. There are a few other photos of interest in the same gallery. | Thomas Young | Sun 30/05/2010, 23:21 |
| Euston, Cobourg Street The Victoria line signallers have moved to Osborne House, Northumberland Park. The Northern line signallers have also moved, they have gone to a new control room in Highgate. Note: Edited by Ray, 29/10/13, 17:36. | Ray | Fri 16/04/2010, 16:52 |
| Uxbridge Garage See also my comments against Uxbridge Bus Station posted today. | Thomas Young | Fri 16/04/2010, 00:33 |
| Uxbridge Bus Station I made visits to Uxbridge on two consecutive days last week and have a couple of comments. Firstly regarding the location itself, London Buses vehicles are usually parked in the 'throat' of the garage. However, about 50 yards back towards the high street is a short turn off with a handful of parking spaces (opposite the 427/607 bus stop). These are reserved for London Buses staff. Although only private cars were present on these two days, a Honda Civic has been seen here in the past. Secondly, the interior of the garage can be glimpsed through air bricks alongside the footpath that runs between the garage and the tube station, accessed from the back of the bus station. Turning to the vehicles, on each of my visits there were three London Buses SVs present but they were notably a different three on the second day. We know that vehicles are often rotated between adjacent bases (such as Harrow and Edgware), but is there anywhere in West London where LBSL SVs are parked (Hounslow would seem to be a candidate)? And what is the most quantity of LBSL SVs seen in Uxbridge Bus Station at one time? Finally, through the air bricks mentioned above, I noted a small red van with First logos inside the garage. The resident Ford Transit van was also seen so this is presumably something unreported. Unfortunately the make/model and registration were not obtainable. | Thomas Young | Fri 16/04/2010, 00:32 |
| Tottenham Hale ERU Base closed 2/9/2009 without immediate replacement. By August 2010 two ERU units had been based at Stratford Depot Note: Edited by Ray, 16/02/12, 18:15. | Ray | Thu 25/03/2010, 16:34 |
| Vauxhall ERU Location closed 14/9/2009 - from 2/9/2009 at Unit 6, Battersea Business Centre, Stewarts Road, SW8 < | Ray | Thu 25/03/2010, 16:33 |
| Heathrow Airport Station The 2009 location was behind the 'Central' bus station bus parking area viz the far north side and requires a trip round the parked buses where, hopefully one may find a double-deck parked alongside the fence (and a kindly driver who will let you upstairs for photography if required). This is the outer of two fences around the compound hence the problem with a camera. The other (north) side involves walking along the double yellow lines on the one-way exit road and could attract Mr Plod (and even Mr God) if you get hit by a passing vehicle! The van could easily be seen when travelling on the exit road. Very seldom there now. | Ray | Sat 21/11/2009, 16:38 |
| Edgware Road Station Locked security gates have now been placed across the entrance to the yard, although it is possible to i.d nearly all the vehicles from the fence, using binoculars. | London spotter | Wed 11/11/2009, 15:43 |
| Victoria, Eccleston Place My November 09 visits did not produce any 'Streets' vehicles - presumably now based at Chancel Street - but a number of Metronet logo'd vans could be seen! At 4/12/2009 the yard was empty and all TfL logos and brass signs etc had been removed from the property. | Ray | Mon 02/11/2009, 15:04 |
| Isleworth Offices Unit 14, Victory Trading Estate. This seems to have been vacated around 10/2011. | Ray | Thu 27/08/2009, 18:35 |
| Stanmore Station The recent Third Platform Works yard appeared closed by 21st June 2009, and all the portacabins had gone by 24th June 2009. | K. PLY | Fri 26/06/2009, 09:22 |
| Ilford Offices The legal lettering on buses was changed to Stephenson Street, E16 (the new garage) in mid-2009, due to the impending demise of Clements Road HQ. | Ray | Mon 15/06/2009, 19:15 |
| West Ham (Stephenson Street) Garage The completion on 8th February 2010 of the move of East London Bus Group head office staff to West Ham breaks an association with Ilford that goes back to autumn 1979 when London Transport's bus operations were split into ten small units and the staff of Forest District moved into premises in Coventry Road. Further changes led to a move to larger offices at 16-20 Clements Road in 1987. When the company was bought by Stagecoach in 1994 a search for freehold property led to a move to 2-4 Clements Road in 1995. At the same time a Travelshop was opened to sell the company's day trip tickets, as well as National Express tickets, travelcards and coach holidays. Following the sale of the company by Stagecoach in mid 2006, the Travelshop closed in spring the following year (from ELBG website). The new garage was handed over on 14th July 2010. Stagecoach re-purchased the ELBG on 15/10/2010. Note: Edited by Ray, 04/10/12, 07:41. | Ray | Sun 07/06/2009, 19:30 |
| Rickmansworth Station This location appears to have a signals depot. They're based in the accomodation under the water tower. A helpful chappy from Metronet told me that on the bus today. | Damon | Sun 17/05/2009, 23:27 |
| Borough, Union Street At east end of Union Street, next to school playground, near the junction with Borough High Street. | London spotter | Fri 15/05/2009, 17:49 |
| Southwark, Chancel Street Also includes 3 bays under the railway arches. On my visit on 15/5/09, there were 13 TFL cars present with room for plenty more. | London spotter | Fri 15/05/2009, 17:21 |
| West Ham (Stephenson Street) Garage The ELBG website gave further information on WH garage and the next stage involving the taking over of the rest of the Parcelforce area and the eventual entry point in Stephenson Street Note: Edited by Ray, 04/10/12, 07:44. | Ray | Thu 16/04/2009, 18:55 |
| Hackney (Waterden Road) Garage The replacement garage (Lea Interchange) is sited on Ruckholt Road/Temple Mills Lane, Leyton | Ray | Mon 23/03/2009, 18:52 |
| White City Depot For a full and interesting account of the history of the White City depot (including its recent redevelopment), there is an article on the LURS website here. | Thomas Young | Sun 15/03/2009, 13:09 |
| Polhill Garage Situated some 3 miles or so south of Orpington (MB) down the A21 it operated buses from 5th March 2005 and last operated on 2/3 June 2006. | Ray | Fri 13/02/2009, 14:28 |
| Purfleet Garage The TfL shadow code is PT and this has been displayed on some of Ensignbus' vintage vehicles in the past. It is sited in Juliette Close, in the Purfleet Industrial Park. | K. PLY | Sat 31/01/2009, 13:15 |
| White City Depot The original depot has been demolished to make way for the new Westfield shopping centre. Apparently a new set of sidings at a lower level has been provided beneath the centre. Part of the old Central London Railway power station (also known as the Dimco building) remains as a unique covered standing area for buses serving the new bus station alongside. | Thomas Young | Fri 30/01/2009, 23:22 |
| Amersham Garage Sited on London Road it was opened by the CB&C division of the LPTB in August 1935 it was opo by February 1971. | Ray | Thu 29/01/2009, 19:50 |
| Crawley Garage The LCBS garage was behind the Central Repair Works in Wheatstone Close and opened 21/11/1982. | Ray | Thu 29/01/2009, 19:40 |
| Central Works, Crawley LCBS Central Repair Works was in Wheatstone Close on corner of Tinsley Lane (now occupied by National Express). | Ray | Thu 29/01/2009, 19:38 |
| Queen's Park Station I suspect that 5440F has by now been replaced, probably by an un-liveried car. There was a black Mondeo estate parked up on Friday 23/01/09. | Thomas Young | Sun 25/01/2009, 12:51 |
| Willesden Junction Garage Seen from passing trains recently has been a dark-red/maroon Vauxhall Combo (or perhaps a VW Caddy) with yellow First logos and lettering. No chance of getting ID from train or road, will have to wait until it is caught 'out'. | Thomas Young | Sun 25/01/2009, 12:48 |
| Hammersmith Depot I noticed the other day that a couple of SVs can actually be seen from passing trains (Transit and high-roof Connect on Friday 23/01/09). Not sure if these can be ID'd without optical enhancement, and I can't get back that way for a while. As I have discovered in the past, there is little to see if you make the long walk round to the road entrance. | Thomas Young | Sun 25/01/2009, 12:46 |
| Wembley (Fourth Way) Garage Nothing left on site (except some pallets) yesterday. | Ray | Fri 02/01/2009, 08:55 |
| Turnham Green Garage Visited in Sept 1947. Several LT Tiddlers in evidence, plus loads of STs. | Eddie Coates | Wed 24/12/2008, 18:36 |
| Westdown Road, Leyton At the very end of Westdown Road, although security gated one can see what is inside the compound. In winter (when the leaves are off the bushes) there was a better view from the playing field side which is behind Downsell Road Trolleybus turning circle. This could be accessed (prior to Olympic work) from Gordon Road (off Cranbourne Road which is the final turning off Westdown Road before the yard). LT called this Drapers Field Depot - see 603P - which is the local name. Note: Edited by Ray, 23/09/12, 17:51. | Ray | Wed 26/11/2008, 22:33 |
| West Ham (Stephenson Street) Garage These give a recent update on the building work and explain the crew ferry vans! http://www.elbg.com/TemplateView.aspx?sec_id=2916&art_id=5708 http://www.elbg.com/TemplateView.aspx?art_id=5700&sec_id=2883 Note: Edited by Tom Young, 09/10/08, 22:52. Converted into hyperlinks. | Ray | Thu 09/10/2008, 17:07 |
| West Ham (Stephenson Street) Garage Noticed from the Jubilee Line yeaterday that this place appears to have a roof going up at the south end of the site. 3 rather large arches. | Damon | Thu 09/10/2008, 14:19 |
| Ware Garage Sited alongside the railway in Marsh Lane | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:34 |
| Twickenham Garage Address as above, it is at the far end of the estate, round the back of the final warehouse. Originally with NCP Challenger it passed to London Sovereign control on 17/11/09 after a few months with NSL services then to London United on 26/6/2010 (when the iBus control system moved to FW). The coaching operations moved to HH 26/6/2017 leaving this as a storage/engineering facility. | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:33 |
| Therapia Lane Depot Between Therapia Lane and Beddington Lane stops. | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:28 |
| Stamford Brook Garage Sited on Chiswick High Road behind the LUT memorial (substation). | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:26 |
| Southall (Bridge Road) Garage Sited on Bridge Road | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:22 |
| Seven Sisters Offices Holly House, 214/218 High Road. Note: Edited by Ray, 03/01/13, 08:31. | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:19 |
| Romford (Bryant Avenue) Garage Sited on Bryant Avenue, vehicles and crews subsequently to DM (and Essex garages) | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:15 |
| Rainham Garage Albright Estate, Ferry Lane. Closed on opening of Dagenham (DM). | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:14 |
| Purley PW Depot Sited on Brighton Road near Wyche Grove | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:13 |
| Ponders End Garage Sited on Morson Road. | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:11 |
| North Acton Garage Sited in Atlas Road. | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:10 |
| Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot Sited on Lea Bridge Road (south side) between Westerham Road and Dunton Road. Trolleybuses operated from 11/6/1939 to 14/4/1959 although it was still used as a terminal point for Bow trolleybuses until 18/8/1959. Demolished | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:08 |
| Kings Cross Garage Latterly at the Old Potato Market, Wharf Road, the garage was sited further down Wharf Road from opening until mid-2008. Closed and vehicles transferred to new garage (KC) from 10th July 2010 | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:06 |
| Jamestown Road, Camden The premises are still extant. | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:02 |
| Isleworth Garage Sited on 3 Victory Trading Estate, Fleming Way, off Worton Road. In use as an engineering base with First 8/2009 (although never to be found open) | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:01 |
| Hounslow Heath Garage Sited on Tamian Way, off Green Lane. Took over operations (route E10) from Arriva/TGM's HE garage 9/12/2017 | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 14:00 |
| Hounslow Garage Sited at the junction of Kingsley Road and the High Street (as was its predecessor). Due to move to a new site at 209-213 Hanworth Road (subject to plans going ahead) but nothing further heard | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 13:59 |
| Horsham Garage 1 Station Road, Warnham. Sold to Metrobus (but with garage closing) 3/10/2009. | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 13:55 |
| Hitchin Garage Sited on Bridge Street. Vehicles moved to SV when opened. | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 13:55 |
| Hayes Garage Sited on the north side of the canal in North Hyde Gardens. Walk past the Nestles factory and electrical depot and cross the canal. Vans can be seen from the road and by descending down to the canal side through the gate (alongside the bridge which you would have crossed over). Passed from Travel London to Abellio on 31/10/2009. The garage closed after traffic on 10th December 2021 pending the opening of a new garage on Dawley Road | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 13:54 |
| Hayes Garage The security controlled entrance was at the very end of Rigby Lane/Swallowfield Road adjacent to the canal. This could not be accessed by towpath from WS (indeed is on the opposite side of the canal).Code HZ used by Metroline on takeover rather than HS | Ray | Fri 03/10/2008, 13:51 |
| Rainham Garage From Rainham Station walk down to Ferry Lane Trading Estate (second estate on right) and the yard is on the right hand side. The TOLST yard is dead ahead from there. Vehicles transferred to River Road for operations from 2 July 2016 | Ray | Sun 14/09/2008, 19:08 |
| West Ham (Stephenson Street) Garage The security controlled entrance to the garage is on the NE corner of North Crescent. The main entrance to the office complex (and driver's signing-on point) is on Stephenson Street, which is also being applied as the legal address on buses rather than Ilford (now closed -see above) Note: Edited by Ray, 04/10/12, 07:44. | Ray | Thu 11/09/2008, 08:18 |
| Crawley Garage Those nice people at Network Rail have now gone a stage further and there's a VERY clear view into the WHOLE garage from a passing train - make sure you get on a slow one. | Damon | Sat 06/09/2008, 11:14 |
| Wembley Park Station The BTP police station has been renovated and the temporary police station, which was sited in the compound next to the station making visits to this area somewhat difficult (unless you have handcuffs). has been removed. Vans can still be seen from the station platforms | Ray | Sun 17/08/2008, 19:13 |
| Crawley Garage I noticed today that Network Rail have been out with the pruners and the foliage has been seriously reduced. A pretty clear view can once again be had from the train as they still park the vans face on against the fence. | Damon | Sat 16/08/2008, 21:47 |
| Ruislip Depot Main entrance is opposite Ruislip Gardens stn(Central line). | Steve Warman | Sun 22/06/2008, 19:19 |
| Stratford Station (Gibbins Road) The hoardings are now down and 'Stratford West' is no more. I now call the area Gibbins Road | Ray | Wed 11/06/2008, 16:22 |
| Potters Bar Garage Phone number in previous comment is from old (1965) directory and is out of date, On Metroline website as 01707 347700 | Alan | Sun 08/06/2008, 12:19 |
| Stratford Bus Station It seems that a further divide within LBSL is taking place at Stratford. LBID vans remain in Stratford City bus station with LBBO IRU vans at the main bus station (some usually on an island). Some IRUs still park up near the information point, probably for operating convenience . The LBSL cars seem to have moved to new offices at The Stratford Village, 14-30 Stratford Road. The LBID vans have now exchanged sites with the LBSL IRU vans, perhaps to permit more bus parking area. By Spring 2018 the IRU's remained at Stratford City whilst the LBID vehciles seem to have moved out (to 'Picketts Lock' I was advised) | Ray | Thu 05/06/2008, 14:05 |
| Harrow Garage Sited on Pinner Road, opposite the area between Surrey Road and Somerset Road. Passed, with BT, to Transdev then to Veolia-Transdev on 3/3/2011. | Ray | Sun 11/05/2008, 14:29 |
| Crawley Garage You can often see the service vehicles from a passing train as they seem to park them up against the fence. Beware it's a bit too leafy in the summer months to see anything. Note: Edited by Damon Cross, 29/06/08, 20:19. | Damon | Fri 29/02/2008, 18:56 |
| Stratford Market Depot I had a walk down the path to the west of the depot today and although quite a few SVs were visible above the wall, none were positively identifiable. Ho hum. Tricky location this. | Thomas Young | Sat 16/02/2008, 22:52 |
| Lillie Bridge Depot For an aerial photograph of this location from Google Maps please click here. The small yard at the Lillie Road entrance can be seen here. | Thomas Young | Sun 27/01/2008, 15:32 |
| Stratford Bus Station For an aerial photograph of this location on Google Maps, please click here. | Thomas Young | Sun 27/01/2008, 15:27 |
| Stratford Station (Gibbins Road) For an aerial photograph of this location on Google Maps please click here. While this area is being rebuilt, some SVs can be found at the East of the station, in the area shown here | Thomas Young | Sun 27/01/2008, 15:26 |
| Stratford Market Depot For an aerial photograph of this location on Google Maps please click here. Note how some vans are parked at the rear. | Thomas Young | Sun 27/01/2008, 15:23 |
| Manor House Leaside Distrct HQ was also based at Manor House (279 Seven Sisters Road, N4 1QG) | Ray | Sun 11/11/2007, 21:07 |
| Baker Street Station Abbey District HQ was at 210-212 Baker Street, NW1 5RT. | Ray | Sun 11/11/2007, 21:06 |
| Ilford Offices The HQ of Forest District was at Forest House, Coventry Road, Ilford IG1 4QR. | Ray | Sun 11/11/2007, 21:05 |
| Dollis Hill Offices The HQ of Watling District was at 'Dollis Hill Offices, Edgware Road, NW2 6JP' which may also have been the offices mentioned below | Ray | Sun 11/11/2007, 21:04 |
| Cardinal House, Ealing 264 Northfield Avenue, W5 was the HQ of Cardinal District until its demise. | Ray | Tue 06/11/2007, 20:29 |
| Stratford Station (Gibbins Road) Somewhat confusing this area. The Jubilee Line depot is in Cam Road and there are Tube Lines training offices adjacent. At the station end of the Jubilee line platforms (to the left on exiting and next to the control room) is a yard off Gibbins Road (which I called Stratford West whilst divided by work) containing a few sv's. Outside the main station to the east was a small yard on the northside of Eastern Road, just prior to Angel Lane, occupied by BTP and also a few vans (which I referred to as Stratford East). SV's can also be found in and around the bus station (both ends) and sometimes the Centre car park. Note: Edited by Ray, 22/04/11, 11:46. | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:56 |
| Watford High Street Garage Now demolished it was sited near the gasometers (the only landmark around that area). | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:43 |
| Watford Leavesden Road Garage Still extant and in business use up to 2014 | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:42 |
| Edgware Garage The third 'LT' Edgware garage, this just made it into London Buses use prior to privatisation and division into two parts (the second 'BT' also being based there) | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:40 |
| East Grinstead Garage Sited on Garland Road (of LGCS/East Surrey origins) it operated but one RML at a time for use on the southern leg of route 409. Part of the garage was always signed that covered top buses must not enter that part. | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:38 |
| Chiswick (Stamford Brook) Garage Sited between Merton Ave and Ennismore Ave on the north of Chiswick High Road. | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:28 |
| Chiswick & Acton Pool A name used for the allocation of pool cars for use at Chiswick/Acton | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:26 |
| Catford Garage Sited on Bromley Road ('Bellingham'), opposite Newquay Road, the office are on the first floor above the original entrance. There was stores warehouse here in LT/Selkent days (since demolished to make more parking areas) | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:25 |
| Brockley Hill Farm The 'Farm' was used for produce growing during the war, with a tractor or two resident. It was part of the aborted extension of the Northern line which at that time was planned and the land purchased. | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:22 |
| Brixton Hill Garage Closed after the trams (although used for storage of buses for a time) it was later used for the sale of cars. Brixton Hill was brought back to life for use by Arriva. It is on the east side of Brixton Hill and to the north of Christchurch Road (South Circular). | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:20 |
| Bowles Road PW Depot Adjacent to P garage was a tramways permanent way store yard. | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:17 |
| Bow Road Station There was a District Office in Wellington Way (01 980 4641) | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:16 |
| Bollo Lane, Chiswick The Research Laboratory was inside Chiswick Works. This possibly remained one of the last buildings in use until demolition. | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:15 |
| Belvedere Garage Sited in an industrial area (Burts Wharf) at the end of Crabtree Manorway North. Best way was by bus (end of route 180 at the time). Passed to Go-Ahead London 3/10/2009. Closed after traffic 1/12/2017 and vacated at end of lease 31/12/2017 | Ray | Sat 03/11/2007, 15:13 |
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